After 20-years, people from Chichbhuvan ESR Command area getting daily water supply
More than 25000 citizens from 30 localities benefitted As alternate day water supply turned into daily Nagpur: More than 25000 residents of Chichbhuvan Command Area under Hanuman Nagar zone in South-West Nagpur which faced water crunch for a very long time,...
Three killed, three injured in bus-car collision
Nagpur: Three people lost their lives following a major accident between a car and travels bus on Umred Road near Umber village on Monday evening. Umred police rushed to the spot as the mishap led to tension in the area. The...
Dozens of morchas hit streets as Winter Session enters second week
Nagpur: After a break of two days, when the Winter Session commenced its second week on Monday December 14, 2015, many organizations took out rallies or Morchas to press their demands. The Maharashtra Rajya Shikshak Parishad, Maharashtra Rajya Nurses Va Arogya...
Smart City project will benefit last man of society, asserts CM Fadnavis
Nagpur: The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, while replying to questions raised during discussion on supplementary budget, said that the selection of cities to be developed as Smart Cities in Maharashtra was done by Urban Development Department’s Chief Secretary. After the...
How many times CM, other ministers visited Naxal-hit Gadchiroli, asks Vikhe Patil
Nagpur: The Leader of Opposition in Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Day-1 of second week of Winter Session sought to put Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also holding Home portfolio, and two Ministers of State (Home) in the dock...
Oppn will support Govt if it takes loans for providing relief to farmers, declares Dhananjay Munde
The Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Parishad (Council), while initiating discussion on agrarian crisis, launched scathing attack on Fadnavis Government for its anti-farmer policies. File Pic Nagpur: Initiating discussion on the plight of farmers, the Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Parishad...
House erupts in laughter over Bhujbal’s tricky question on ‘tigers’ and Mungantiwar’s witty reply
Nagpur: Witty remarks were witnessed in Assembly during Question Hour in Assembly that caused bursts of laughter across the House. The jolly situation arose when NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal hurled a tricky question on Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar. “Whether the number...
Minister’s surprise visit exposes mess in Primary Health Centres
Nagpur: The messy affairs being run in Primary Health Centres got exposed when the Minister for Health Dr Deepak Sawant on December 11 paid a surprise visit to Kondhali Primary Health Centre in Nagpur District. The Minister found two posts...
Dr Kalyani Deshmukh, Ustad Shujat Hussain Khan make ‘Brahmanaad’ a memorable musical event
Nagpur: The South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) organized a mesmerizing musical programme ‘Brahmanaad’ at the crack of the dawn, on Sunday (December 13). The renowned classical singer Dr Kalyani Deshmukh of Nagpur and internationally famed Sitar player Ustad Shujat...
A tiger hunted in Umred-Karhandla Sanctuary in 2013, 17 poachers charge-sheeted: Mungantiwar
File Pic Nagpur: The Assembly proceedings on the Day-1 of Second Week of Maharashtra Legislature Winter Session commenced at 12 noon. The Question Hour comprised of 68 starred questions related to different ministries including Finance, Planning, Rural Development, Water Resources,...
Three killed after being hit Gondwana Express
Nagpur: In another freak mishap, three persons were killed when they were hit by Gondwana Express on the railway tracks between Mehandibagh and Kawrapeth on December 13, 2015. According to some sources, five people were fighting near the railway tracks between...
Short circuit leads to fire Cooler factory
Nagpur: As the mercury takes a dip, a bon fire is certainly a welcome sight, however, when a major fire gets raging and goods worth lacks turn into ashes, it is disturbing. In one such incident, short circuit led to a...
MIM and Marathas to take out Morcha to press their demands
Nagpur: The Nagpur Core Committee of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and the Marathas will be taking out a Morcha to Vidhan Sabha on December 14, 2015 to press their various demands. The members of the Core Committee of Maharashtra All...
HRD Ministry signs MoU to set up 3 IIITs on PPP mode
New Delhi/Nagpur : The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry today signed a memorandum of understanding with some private players for setting up of three Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) in Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune on public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The...
Girish Vyas declared winner unopposed in exchange for Bhai Jagtap of Congress in Mumbai
Nagpur: The Games that politicians play is really strange. The commoners may take some time to realize that what appears on the surface is not what happens in reality. The two major game-changing political parties which were in the fray for...
Rape case registered against PSI of Hudkeshwar Police Station
Apart from Rape case, case under Atrocities Act too was slapped on the accused PSI. Nagpur: When law enforcers break the law, the society sees the act as more heinous and more criminal in intensity. In another strange incident,...
3-year jail envisaged in law against attacks on scribes
Nagpur: Beware rowdies. Now, assaulting journalists could prove dear. Government has prepared draft of the proposed law for protection of scribes. According to the law, assault on journalists or newspapers or news channels could fetch three years’ rigorous imprisonment and...
Merry Christmas! Non-alcoholic plum cakes on offer from Haldiram!!
Nagpur: A liberal dash of spice, a tub of soaked-in-wine sweetness nuts mixed in with some rum and you get that luscious dark brown slice of cake – the plum cake is as synonymous with Christmas as the Santa Claus...
Annual meet of Maurya-Kachhi-Kushwaha Bahuuddeshiya Sanstha on Dec 27
Nagpur: The annual gathering of Maurya-Kachhi-Kushwaha Bahuuddeshiya Sanstha, Nagpur Division, will be organized on December 27, 2015 at Geeta Mandir, Subhash Road. The Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Social Justice Minister Rajkumar Badole will grace and inaugurate the programme at...
Farmers have lost a fighting leader in Sharad Joshi, says MPCC President
File Pic Nagpur: MPCC President Ashok Chavan on Saturday condoled the sad demise of eminent farmers’ leader and founder of Shetkari Sanghatana Sharad Joshi. In his message, Chavan said that the news of Joshi’s death has come as a shock...
Mumbai’s wanted goon, two bogus policemen, others nabbed by Crime Branch
Nagpur: Friday the December 11 proved a cracker of a day for Crime Branch of Nagpur Police as they nabbed an absconding criminal wanted by Mumbai cops, and two bogus policemen and their woman accomplice who were on looting spree...
